Ok, let me see if I can answer these questions.
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Originally Posted by etherfarm
Is there any way to modify the workflow to bring up Aperture's import screen rather than automate the process entirely and deal with the images post-import? I find the import dialog preferable for mass import.
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If you open up the workflow, you can drop down the Options in the last step and check Show Action When Run. However, the Aperture import workflow is pretty limited. I'm sure more could be done by AppleScript but I haven't done the research yet.
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Originally Posted by robertwright
What I am trying to do is get it to take images from a card or my desktop, convert the files, and import the files into aperture as referenced originals in either an existing project of my choosing or in a new project, AND, in a location other than the card or desktop.
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Right, I understand. So, to do this you'd need to modify the shell script I'm using to do the Adobe DNG Converter work, to change the location where you send the converted DNG files. This would work differently depending on if you want the converted DNGs in a different folder every time, or in one location every time. Then you'd have to do the Aperture stuff as discussed above.
Anyway, I didn't really expect this workflow to solve all problems for everyone, but it is customizable to do more than it's doing now. I don't know how much time I'll have to customize, but I can offer some advice if you tell me what you want to do.
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Originally Posted by robertwright
Additionally, if there are jpegs in the source folder the import process stops at the last DNG before the jpeg and does not skip the jpeg to continue converting
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You are right, this is a bug. I've got a fixed version, which just uses a Filter Finder Items thing right before the shell script. Unfortunately the Automator workflow Finder actions are pretty slow. Still, it's a nice simple solution.